The Paris shootings may have been on French soil and carried out by home-grown terrorists but the tremors were felt across Europe. The Local's teams across the continent have been reporting on some of the knock-on effects of the bloodshed in France.

Countries across the world were united in their condemnation of the series of shootings in Paris, including the massacre at Charlie Hebdo, with several world leaders marching in solidarity with the French people at the historic anti-terrorism rally in Paris on Sunday.

Several European leaders were at the forefront, with Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel marching arm-in-arm with French President François Hollande. Marching alongside them were Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Denmark’s Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Spain’s Mariano Rajoy.

Back in their home countries, the impact of the shootings of 17 people, including four Jewish people, have been having an impact. Here we’ve rounded up some of the stories related to the Charlie Hebdo attacks from across The Local sites.

The European Union

The attacks have sparked a heated debate at the heart of the EU between security and freedom.

Among the proposed measures put forward is the creation of a single EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) system, a controversial regime opposed by many in the European Parliament on the grounds it breaches privacy rules in the 28-member bloc.

The proposed system would centralize travel data to allow faster exchange of information about suspects, especially of foreign fighters returning to Europe radicalized and well-trained from the war-zones of the Middle East.

Responding to concerns, EU President Donald Tusk stressed that in doing so the 28-member bloc must also protect essential democratic freedoms.

"If we are unable to build a coherent security policy ... sooner or later we will put at risk the freedoms we have built up," he warned.

As well as solidarity from the country's leaders and citizens, Charlie Hebdo was also shown support by Spain's satirical magazines - old and new. One, El Jueves, featured a cartoon on its website that said “a bad time for humour” above a drawing of an inkwell, turned on its side, with blood oozing out of it.

Next door in Sweden the country witnessed an unprecedented outpouring of support from ordinary citizens, keen to uphold the right to free speech.

On Sunday, a whopping 3,000 Swedes braved snow and sub-zero temperatures to gather in central Stockholm for a rally in support of Charlie Hebdo. Police said it was in fact the biggest Winter rally ever recorded.

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